Differences in serum creatinine concentration between Caucasians, Chinese, Indians and Malays

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 1393-

  Hawkins, Robert C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INDIAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CREATININE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954143739     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.05.027     Document Type: Letter

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